On 23/12/04, wendy beard, discombobulated, unleashed: >At 06:14 PM 23/12/2004, you wrote: >>But Wendy, I only ever shoot in that mode - yet I have had my latest >>digital incarnation since October and shot only 1629 images. AI Servo >>and continuous drive mode are similar to a film camera for me. I tried >>shooting in single shot mode once only, and instantly hated it. The >>camera makes you *wait* until a shot's in focus? No way. > >Ah, but you have to remember what I'm shooting. Dog agility. My technique >is just the same as if I was using an MX :-) >I know the course, so I know the dog's path. I pre-focus on an obstacle and >wait. Dog takes the obstacle and, bam, I pick him off. (using Fred's >sniper analogy ;-) ). I have a very high rate of keepers using this method. >I'm afraid my disdain for the machine-gun method comes from seeing others >in the same field switching to continuous and blindly shooting away in the >hope that they capture something worth selling.
Understood. So let me get this right - you are using AI servo (or AI focus) along with single shot? So that means that you press the shutter release and one shot is taken for as long as the shutter is pressed, until your finger lifts off, and is ready to take another shot? Hmm. I do exactly the same thing in 'continuous', except that I press the shutter once for one shot, and I have the option to hold down for several shots in rapid succession. But as you say, the pre-focussing method is best used for dog agility etc. I wish I could come along to one of your events and let you have a go with predictive focussing ;-) Have a merry Christmas Wendy! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________
